Whales
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Humpbacks under the gun
There is a new and serious threat to humpback whales, some of the most beloved animals on earth. The whales under the gun are those that migrate as far as Greenland along the eastern seaboard of North America. At the latest meeting of the International Whaling Commission, Denmark requested a quota of fifty humpbacks for Greenland to kill as part of its aboriginal hunt. [ more ] |
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Whale and Dolphin Meat Contains Dangerous Levels of Toxins
World Fisheries Imperiled by Pollution of Ocean Environment
Those who consume whale and dolphin meat are not only perpetrating a crime against some of the most magnificent animals on earth, they are eating a deadly diet. This meat consumed in Norway and Japan may contain high concentrations of some of the world's most dangerous toxins. [ More ] |
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Whaling in Antarctica – a tale of slaughter
Herman Melville made the hunt for Moby Dick sound like a noble pitting
of man’s wits against a ferocious leviathan of the sea. But
the history of man’s killing of these giant creatures is a
bloody tale of persecution, greed, and stupidity. [ More ] |
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Japan’s Whale and Dolphin Meat Appearing
in Pet Food
Japan claims its whale and dolphin killing practices are an important
part of their heritage, and therefore necessary. 1,035 tons of whale
meat is in the markets for human consumption. Now, in what appears
to be a desperate move to rid itself of some of 2,700 tons of unwanted
whale meat, the industry has put some of its products into pet food.
The public isn’t buying it. So it’s come to this. Whale
meat in pet food. [ More ] |
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Mystery: Why Did the Gray Whales Die?
Between 1999 and 2001 Gray Whales died in unprecedented numbers along the western coast of North America from Baja California to Alaska. [ More ] |
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Encounters with Southern Humpbacks In Rurutu
The renowned French videographer, David Martin, has just field a report to BlueVoice of his effort to identify individual humpback whales off the French Polynesian isalnd of Rurtru. [ Read article in French and English ] |
